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gadfly

Synonyms

Noun

1. pest

2. blighter, cuss, pesterer, tormentor, tormenter, persecutor, fly

Usage
Arousing, persuading, and reproaching: How Gadfly is promoting philosophical engagement, one conversation at a time - Columbia Daily Spectator
Valley Gadfly - Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle
A Love Letter to an Old-Guard Council Gadfly - The Silicon Valley Voice
Ad Reinhardt: My gadfly and my friend - The Brooklyn Rail
The Education Gadfly Weekly: There is proof that knowledge works. And it’s overwhelming. - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Janesville City Hall gadfly Bollerud faces trial for throwing rocks at train - WCLO
Japan’s new prime minister is his own party’s sternest critic - The Economist
US CFTC Democrat says she could be a 'gadfly' to Republican majority - Reuters
Gadfly Cafe; Discussion on Solidarity - The Renegade Rip
Jesse Brown is a gadfly. Indy Democrats need him. | Letters - IndyStar
SA-11 Gadfly | missile - britannica.com
Commentary: In place of Calhoun monument, Charleston needs a 'peaceful gadfly,' and a side of Amazing Grace - Post and Courier
Attorney to Hippie to Beloved Literary Gadfly. Steven Gilbar? Yep. - Montecito Journal
Known for activism, political gadfly faces lawsuits, federal investigators - Business Observer
The Education Gadfly Weekly: A promising way to supplement test-based measures of school quality - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
James Beck, Gadfly (1930-2007) - The Brooklyn Rail
Cheers and Jeers: March 20, 2025 - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
The Education Gadfly Weekly: Why conservatives should support Penny Schwinn - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
The Education Gadfly Weekly: Get ready for more bad news from NAEP 2024 - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
The Education Gadfly Weekly: Sadly, there’s only party of education reform today - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
WikiLeaks gadfly: the Julian Assange saga - Financial Times
Cheers and Jeers: March 6, 2025 - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Florida, the forgotten education-reform star - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
After a “lost decade,” let’s restore high expectations for students - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Exit Interview: Kathleen Porter-Magee, Superintendent of Partnership Schools - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Banned Books Week? Try “First Amendment Week” instead - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Sudden death of French gadfly - Slippedisc
What we’re reading this week: February 6, 2025 - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Cheers and Jeers: February 6, 2025 - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Al Morella, lovable gadfly of Jefferson Parish government, dies at 78 - NOLA.com
The Education Gadfly Weekly: J.D. Vance’s views on education - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Culture war vs. competence: Why conservatives should support Penny Schwinn - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
A new lost generation: Disengaged, aimless, and adrift - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
How to improve retention and job satisfaction: “Let Teachers Teach” - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Noel Parmentel Jr., a literary gadfly with some famous friends, dies at 98 - WETM
'I can’t stop laughing': Right-wing gadfly may have inspired 'Gulf of America' stunt - MSN
#926: What “Young Sheldon” teaches about parenting, with Alina Adams - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Taking curriculum implementation seriously - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Police: East Lyme gadfly continues to vex officials - Yahoo
Opinion | The Strange World of RFK Jr. - WSJ
Elon Musk Auditions as Corporate Gadfly, Taking Sides Against Disney - WSJ - WSJ
Political gadfly group People for Portland is giving up the ghost after 3 years - KGW
Sex, Drugs and Economics: The Double Life of a Conservative Gadfly - The New York Times
Gadfly Bar: The Tucked-Away Lounge Drawing A Crowd In New York City - Forbes
Inside the mind of Downey’s most notorious Gadfly - The Downey Patriot
The latest buzz: The Gadfly returns after 26-year dormancy - The Vermont Cynic
James Clarke Five - Gadfly Groove (Favourite Recordings) - The Big Takeover
The Gadfly - Commonweal Magazine
Global spatial ecology of three closely-related gadfly petrels - Nature
‘American Gadfly’ Review: A Candid Candidacy (Published 2022) - The New York Times
Appiah Stadium, Mahama’s gadfly and discontinued prosecutions - GhanaWeb
A Gadfly and the Navy - The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
The Gadfly of American Plutocracy - Boston Review
‘It’s Hard to Be an Activist These Days’: Gadfly Investors Trail Stock-Market Returns - WSJ
History: Palm Springs gadfly Frank Tysen’s wild ride might surprise you - The Desert Sun
Predicting the Foraging Habitats of Sympatrically Breeding Gadfly Petrels in the South Pacific Ocean - Frontiers
Bob Bozic, the Most Interesting (and Irritating) Man in Beacon, NY, Releases Memoir - Hudson Valley Post
The therapist and the gadfly - Princeton University Press
From governor to gadfly – What’s next for El-Rufai? - The Nation Newspaper
Column: R.I.P. Evelyn Y. Davis, 89, the corporate gadfly’s gadfly - Los Angeles Times
Bloomberg Plans to Discontinue Financial Commentary Brand Gadfly - WSJ
Word of the Day: gadfly (Published 2022) - The New York Times
Documentary Review: New York teens run a campaign for president — “American Gadfly” - rogersmovienation.com
The Gadfly Letter Apostolate - Catholic World Report
Punk band Gadfly to play reunion show - Journal & Courier
The Gadfly - City Journal
Statistical Plotting with Julia: Gadfly.jl - Towards Data Science
Bibek Debroy (1955-2024): A gadfly who wrapped erudition about mythology around market economics - Scroll.in
The Education Gadfly Weekly: Doing educational equity right: Grading - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
CSotD: The Gadfly Factor - The Daily Cartoonist
The Education Gadfly Show #826: Research Deep Dive: What we know about gifted education - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
A Gadfly and an Influencer: Part 3 of The Reload’s Rob Pincus Interview [Member Exclusive] - The Reload
Impeachment Appeal Pushes Justin Amash From G.O.P. Gadfly to Insurgent (Published 2019) - The New York Times
Dmitri Shostakovich: The Gadfly - Classic FM
Audience Members Get in on the Act in ‘The Great Gadfly’ - Carson Now
Coming out as a gadfly: 8 years of blogging for The Mennonite - Anabaptist World
Performers get into character for the debut of "The Great Gadfly" - Nevada Appeal
Education Gadfly Show #835: The expanding partisan gap on K-12 education - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Education Gadfly Show #834: Whether industry-recognized credentials benefit high schoolers - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Gadfly Lawyer for Gilgo Beach Families Courts Cameras and Tipsters (Published 2023) - The New York Times
L.A. County got a restraining order against a foul-mouthed gadfly. He denies making threats - Los Angeles Times
From Teenage Gadfly to Politico Reporter - Duke Today
Education Gadfly Show #841: Good news for a change: Most states appear to be spending their ESSER dollars wisely - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
A Life in Opposition: Navalny’s Path From Gadfly to Heroic Symbol (Published 2021) - The New York Times
Ask a Ranger: The Colorado Plateau gadfly | Local News - Arizona Daily Sun
Education Gadfly Show #836: How should schools handle any Covid waves this school year? - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Education Gadfly Show #840: The state of state education reform - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
LA City Hall gadfly won’t face charges for racist comments directed at councilman - Los Angeles Daily News
The Education Gadfly Show: Early warning: Kindergarten readiness skills are trending downward - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Henri Aram: the 101-year-old market gadfly - AFR
Bacon loses lone GOP primary challenger, gains another in Omaha-area House race - Nebraska Examiner
Education Gadfly Show #842: Industry-recognized credentials aren’t living up to their potential - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
The Arrival of the Gadfly: A New Era of Accounting in Manassas - Prince William Living
IBM is right, I am a gadfly - BetaNews
Cinema Gadfly – Episode 23 – An Autumn Afternoon - CriterionCast
Goshen College history comes to life in “Gadfly: Sam Steiner Dodges the Draft” - Goshen College
A conservative legal gadfly faces the music - Politico
Anthony Bourdain: Chef, foodie, gadfly, master raconteur - Bergen Record
Cinema Gadfly – Episode 15 – Day of Wrath - CriterionCast
Larry Summers — former Harvard president, current gadfly - The Boston Globe
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'gadfly'
Language Equivalent   Language Equivalent
French    Spanish
Misspellings - Typos
gadfky,   gadfy,   adfly,   gaddly,   gadf;y,   gaffly,   gadflly,   gdafly,   gadflu,   gdfly,   gaadfly,   fadfly,   gafdly,   gadly,   gaddfly,   gadflyy,   gadlfy,   gadflt,   hadfly,   gafly,   gadffly,   gsdfly,   gadgly,   ggadfly,   gadfyl,   agdfly,   gasfly,   gadfl
Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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